by Nysha | Jan 24, 2013 | Uncategorized
Notes from my presentation “Pattern and Doodle” given at Picking Up the Pieces” last night in Cordova.Enjoy! Nysha Oren’s Pinterest boards http://pinterest.com/nysha_nelson/ Sharon Schamber videos on hand basting http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhwNylePFAA (part 1) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_EjBGz5vGQ (part 2) *Portable sewing table THIS is the most amazing, well designed thing you could get for your studio! Especially useful if you ever sew out of your studio; retreat, classes… http://www.seweziusa.com/ Marguerita McManus – inexpensive “sewing table” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g14govA4pIM (part 1) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAS25v3ZTk0 (part 2) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0lk7UBQgZY (part 3) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwrA6m9tw-A (update, 2013) Leah Day’s 365 day quilt designs ( 365 different quilt fill patterns) http://www.freemotionquilting.blogspot.com/ Lisa Calle – divide and conquer especially the entry titled “May 26 2012” http://lisacalle.wordpress.com/ Linda and Laura Kemshall, Design Matters TV (subscriptions from $50 – 110. Well worth it. Very educational. Always inspirational.) http://www.lindakemshall.com/DesignMattersTV.html Pattern Print Journal http://www.patternprintsjournal.com/ The Zentangle sites http://tanglepatterns.com/ http://www.zentangle.com/ Laura Harm’s blog – home of the weekly Zentangle challenge (loads of eye candy links!) Idea – start at Laura’s site, scroll down to a challenge post and at the end of the post click on the name of a participating person and look at their work. Run down the list! http://www.iamthedivaczt.blogspot.com/ Bits and Pieces Etc (Barbara and Nancy) http://banardesigns.blogspot.com/ This Colossal http://www.thisiscolossal.com/ Elena Nuez (not English and yet one of my favorite blogs I subscribe to!)...
by Nysha | Dec 26, 2012 | Connect the Dot Design, Diane Nunez, Embellishment Village, IQF Cincinnati
I love to create.And gift giving is something I enjoy.So when it comes to wrapping presents I enjoy that as well.This year I cut paper snowflakes and used them as masks for spray painting large sheets of white paper with all sorts of colours of Smooch Spritz. You can find them at embellishmentvillage.com.I would never have found them if it weren’t for Diane Nunez (love her work!) who was working at the IQF Cincinnati show last April. I went into the booth to say hi and watched her demonstrate this fun product. Naturally I got them in every colour! They made beautiful paper to wrap with.You can see them in the SmileBox below – the flakes were scanned as well as a couple photos of the paper.Wonder if you see how they relate to “Connect the Dot Design”?Enjoy. Free slideshow design created with...
by Nysha | Dec 26, 2012 | doodling, origami, Sakura, Tea Bag folding, zentangles
The holidays have been great. I always enjoy the process of trimming the tree. More specifically I love getting the ornaments out, looking at them, reminiscing over where they came from, whom, what trip, what little shop. This little guy is one perfect example. When I was growing up my family had an ornament identical to this one. I hated it. Who knows why! I just did. Until one holiday season we had a fire and though not a big fire much of the tree was destroyed — including Santa. A few years later, having my own tree I missed this ornament. I began a casual search for him. That was in 1992. And every time I was in an antique store I would look for this ornament. Finally this year my partner found it on line. So now he has been restored to my tree! Another ornament that did not survive the fire was a paper angel that my Aunt had cut — two angel silhouetted face to face with wings spread. I guess that was one of the places that cut paper became such a fascination. Now I have graduated to folded paper. I watched a video on “tea paper folding” on YouTube. Basically it is diagonal folds creating a dimensional triangle that can then be nestled into another… Then I took that simple idea and played. Create your own free slideshow design Let me know how yours turn...
by Nysha | Sep 16, 2012 | pattern, Quilting, zentangles
I have always doodled. From the margins of notebooks in school to a quilt recently. I find myself with a pen or pencil in my hand making repetitive marks that turn into patterns or messes. I seem to do it a lot.Not all of it was uninformed — I have had inspiration along the way.Especially from the new craze, Zentangle…www.zentangle.com/ is the official siteanother site with great information on various patterns istanglepatterns.com it is literally a clearing house of patterns. Now just so you understand – the whole idea of Zentangles is a few simple marks repeated to create seemingly complex designs. And it is doodling with the intent to have a quiet, meditative moment.And really it is doodling. So don’t think you have to get a book. Of work on square paper like they do. You can doodle with purpose and have fun! THAT is the point.Not to mention that I find it a great way to think about repetitive patterns and how they are created to then recreate them in thread… If you have any questions or I can assist in some way. Please let me know. other links… zentangle.blogspot.com www.patfergusonquilts.com blog.suzannemcneill.com Interested in patterns and how other utilize...
by Nysha | Aug 21, 2012 | Adobe Illustrator, Connect the Dot Design, pattern, Spirograph
I lost an entire day! Lost it to Adobe Illustrator and creating Spirograph type images… It was a lot of fun. And I spent an entire day (ok – so almost two!) and so they were not a silly waste I thought I would share the resulting images with you. Perhaps they will one day end up in a Connect the Dot Design class or translated into a quilted image? (Approximately 6 minutes)...
